Harishankar Brahma
Harishankar Brahma | |
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Nasim Zaidi | |
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Born | [1] Gossaigaon, Assam[2] | 19 April 1950
Alma mater | St. Edmund's College, Shillong (BA) Gauhati University (MA) |
Profession | Civil servant |
Harishankar Brahma (born 19 April 1950
Mr. Brahma, who retired as the Union Power Secretary in April 2010,
Early life and education
Born in a
Career
Harishankar Brahma has held various senior level posts in the Government of India and State Government prior to the present posting. Before retiring as Secretary from the Ministry of Power, Shri Brahma held posts such as Joint Secretary (Border Management) for more than four years and completed almost all the border fencing and other border infrastructural work on Indo-Pak – Indo-Bangladesh border. He also worked as Special Secretary & Additional Secretary in National Disaster Management Authority (Ministry of Home Affairs). He was the Member-Secretary of the State Electricity Board, Andhra Pradesh and also worked as:
- District Collector & Magistrate for 4 years;
- Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad for 3 and a half years;
- Commissioner (Transport) & Ex-officio Secretary (Transport, Road & Building), Government of Andhra Pradesh for 2 and a half years;
- Commissioner & Ex-officio Secretary (Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs) for 5 years; and
- Principal Secretary (Environment, Forest, Science & Technology), Government of Andhra Pradesh.[7]
He was appointed as the election commissioner in August 2010. He has overseen two
Views on 2012 Assam violence
In an article in
References
- ^ a b c d "Shri H.S. Brahma - Profile". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ a b Jyoti Mukul (21 January 2013). "BS People: Hari Shankar Brahma, election commissioner". Business Standard. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ PTI (20 January 2015). "India has nearly 83 crore voters: Brahma". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Harishankar Brahma: H S Brahma to be India's next Chief Election Commissioner". The Times of India. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Harishankar Brahma new Election Commissioner". The Economic Times. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "REC chief to be power secretary". The Times of India. 1 May 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Election Commission of India". eci.nic.in.
- ^ "The Assam Tribune Online". www.assamtribune.com. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Sriram, Jayant (15 January 2015). "Brahma to be new CEC". The Hindu.
- ^ Dasgupta, Swapan (3 August 2012). "Twist in the tale". Calcutta, India: Telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "How to share Assam". Indian Express. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.